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When the state turns rogue even protests dry up, Salutes & Apologies Professor Saibaba!

If there is one unique and malevolent achievement of the present Indian state in its third, albeit less armoured term, it is, how it has through its venal acts, battered down alliances and voices of protest; GN Saibaba’s death after a long and deliberately negligent incarceration is the latest of one such

Democracy, Pluralism and People’s Politics: Kulgam Shows the Way

The people of Jammu and Kashmir experienced significant relief...

Booby Trap Attacks on Lebanon: Indian Army Chief’s Shocking Views

Is the Army Chief oblivious to the fact that India is a ‘High Contracting Party’ to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons of 1981, which prohibits the use of booby-trap weapons?

Saudi Arabia executes 213 persons in less than 10 months

Saudi Arabia has executed 213 people so far in 2024, more than it has in any other calendar year on record; with 213 executions in 2024, the gulf kingdom misses a seat at the UN Human Rights Council’s second consecutive election for 2025-27 term on October 9

NC’s Biggest Victory Is Also Its Gravest Challenge

“The new government will be met with a volley of tests – from combating the power dynamics with New Delhi and BJP to confronting the mandate that gives it majority but is split along regional lines.”

MHA says data on CAA citizenship applicants not maintained, cites lack of record -keeping provisions to RTI

In response to RTI queries, the Ministry of Home Affairs reveals that it does not maintain detailed records of Citizenship Amendment Act applicants, citing lack of legal obligations requiring data collection

Congress needs a caste census of its party, then build new leaderships from the margins

A more inclusive and representative Indian National Congress, in face and structure would make Rahul Gandhi’s social justice agenda more convincing

Ex-Muslims demand an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism

On the eve of the one year of Israel's brute and unrelenting war, a group of ex-Muslims have demanded an end to war, occupation, rape and terrorism

Modi govt distancing from Adanis? MoEFCC ‘defers’ 1500 MW project in Western Ghats

Is the Narendra Modi government, in its third but ...

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Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse